New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-25
AGAINST CAPTAIN WILLIAMS.
CHARGES LAID BEFORE THE MAYOR
THE OWNERS AND BusIxEss MES's ASSOCIATION ON

THE OWNERS AND BUsINEsS MES's ASSOCIATION On
THE CONDITION OF Bis PRECINCT.
The Owners and Business Mems Association OF
West Twenty-seventbst, the organization that sue
ceeded in Riding that horOughaIe Of ts disreputaoie
hopses ut least most OF them OF 30 ago. mas
again .aken the field This time it is against Captain
Williams and the places III repute IN bis precine1
whose existence the members think 10 largely
due his negligence OF duty. Charges to this eneos
have been preferred sgsnst him by Jules Chsteian'
president OF the society aud real estate owner IN the
district and Patrick Murray. business man OF west
Twenty-sevent and the treasurer OF the assocs-
ton. These charges we're presented TO Mayor HewltS
yesterday. II expected that they would also De
signed by Dr Crosby, who has strongly ndorsed tine
work OF the society. but his does net appear on
the document These are the charges:
The undersigned residents OF CITY OF NevYork ="
charge AlsS.nasr : aS e-an Of saS Soes viii
ncency and neglect Of duy upon the following speoino-
irss-Thry nrst st for about half block Of sixth
Thirty between sixth and seventh AYES
STs sr a S me ousBe Of @Seh has oe
conducted IN open and shameess manner so that Inss
thorOughfre become puDc nuisance ana are no'e
throughout the CITY beng vcious nsghborhood
aves w.s up to about February 1856 vicious neghor
noted throughout for The wee
prostitution Jules Chaean then owner OF real estate
in said LOCALITY compisined TO said Captain Williams o. rs
but the said Williams abnsed the SAID Cha and aeens
tere'tsd business men and real estate owner
ton and ~ arze expense money themselves
conducted against the vice Of that
ity movement In winch citizens "evoted
attracted Widespread attention and topic In
newspaper such pgrneaiion a, was effected In mat
Third-said Canaan williams IA AMI for long Tune p-ss
the existence Of houses OF lms N
hs prscuc sad sanBs the facts that the law since
March J. ssd mases reputation prima Aeie sviehes OF %
petent officers and detscves permits These
raid private individual complains anu
Fourtn-Ths pooro north corner Of sixth
ave AM Twenty s.ve1ti-st aud NO. ~ Nssf ~ III
epuie repeated complaints thereof MAIDS By priv IN
by captain Williams until an IN sgsndsnt "a,
visitation VS. ~ hs ess
resident II thst nel hooriood % MAKE com ant AM %
Police caused the places 10 DC raldsd
pre.en.ed ths Jsssies h ns
hlrty psSsoS. ar.sisd in TIE place, SO
Fs.Clarxs place a. Sos aDS 4.d oos r. Is pat
ronized BY disrsputable women Is Kept open Az
OF faculties swd performances and actions Win un
Ne 1o in the nterest Of d.cenoy morality e
to be made and sneh acton 70 Oe
taken a. may be proper ,r,v. cu,rvt..
FTEHAxsES Mos a., PATHGA MURAL
Attorneys for Complainant. No 90 Nassauat
The members OF the association have been quietly
collecting Evidence agAinst the Captain anu the war;
Gus haunts OF vice his precinct tor some time ahc
they assert that they have abundant proof 70 sustain
ali the charges Said OF the officers Of the society
last night IN discussing the matter; .,,s
We are gong night at the root OF the eva thi'
time This IL the negligence Of captain Nillians-
de knows ~ well do that there Is al present
Wholesale disregard OF law IN hi- precinct despue az
protestatiOa- O. the contrarY. For example there
Tom l,oulds dive iul blast ever nignt Just tn'
same a. ever notw outstanding ali that has 1een .Al.
or done Our officers drank CHAMPAGNE there ias
night although the place ha1 no license. 0on.u
there IN person - healthy and ROBUST az a ou4'An
He was going die from consumption n not let out o
i all OF course there IL a sign Temperance Drink
only over his bar bat Il means notf M az We oAl
prove"